2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 333 - Enlistments
Sec. 3262 - Army: percentage of high-school graduates

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 3262 (2017)
Section Name §3262. Army: percentage of high-school graduates
Section Text

Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of the males with no prior military service who are enlisted or inducted into the Army during any fiscal year, the number who are not high-school graduates may not exceed, as of the end of the fiscal year, 35 percent of all such persons.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IV, §402(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3859; amended Pub. L. 100–370, §1(a)(2), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 840.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1988 ACT

Amendment of section is based on Pub. L. 93–307, title IV, §401, June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 234, as amended by Pub. L. 93–365, title VII, §705, Aug. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 406.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 180; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, §1(71), 72 Stat. 1464, provided for extension of enlistment of members of the Army needing medical care or hospitalization, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, §2(a)(2)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756.

AMENDMENTS

1988—Pub. L. 100–370 substituted "Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of" for "Of".

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 333 - ENLISTMENTS
Sec. 3262 - Army: percentage of high-school graduates
Contains section 3262
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 72 Stat. 1464
81 Stat. 756
88 Stat. 234, 406
100 Stat. 3859
102 Stat. 840
Public Law References Public Law 85-861, Public Law 90-235, Public Law 93-307, Public Law 93-365, Public Law 99-661, Public Law 100-370
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